I AM FOUND, &C. Quoted in Romans 10:20; Romans 10:21. BEHOLD ME. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ See note on Isaiah 24:16. A NATION THAT WAS NOT CALLED BY MY NAME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21), and to the Dispensation of the Acts.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD. right. Compare Psalms 36:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVOKETH ME TO ANGER. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21, the same word, though not the same form). App-92. THAT SACRIFICETH IN GARDENS. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:5). UPON ALTARS OF BRICK. upon the bricks: i.e. not on the golden altar of incense.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVES. tombs. Hebrew. _keber._ App-35. MONUMENTS. secret places. Probably in heathen temples. EAT SWINE'S FLESH. Reference to Pentateuch, where this was forbidden (Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8). App-92. Bones of swine were found at Gezer. See note on 1 Kings 9:15. BROTH. The reference is to.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS WRITTEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:35.Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 32). WILL RECOMPENSE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:35, the same word, and is unique in its occurrence). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD. Note the frequent occurrence of this expression in predicting these new things. AS. According as. NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh_. App-27. Here is further reference to the new Israel. See notes on Isaiah 65:1. MY SERVANTS' SAKE. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Se... [ Continue Reading ]
A SEED.. further reference to the new Israel of Isaiah 26:2; Isaiah 66:7; Isaiah 66:8; Matthew 21:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHARON. See note on Isaiah 33:9. valley of Achor. As in Hosea 2:15. The only two references to the history of Joshua 7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT TROOP. Hebrew Gad, the well-known Syrian god of "Fate". FURNISH THE DRINK OFFERING. fill up the MIXED WINE. Hebrew. _mimsak._ App-27. Compare Jeremiah 7:18. THAT NUMBER. Hebrew. _m'ni._ Same as the god _Manu_ (= Destiny) of the Assyrian inscriptions.... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBER. destroy. Hebrew. _manithi._ Figure of speech _Paronomasia_, with the name of the god, _Meni._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, &C. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. Figure of speech _Symploke._ Luke 6:25 refers to the period prophesied here. MY SERVANTS. Refers to the new Israel of Isaiah 26:2; Isaiah 66:7; Isaiah 66:8; Matthew 21:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
VEXATION. breaking. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY ANOTHER NAME: i.e. Hephzi-bah. See Isaiah 62:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. So that. HE WHO BLESSETH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4). TRUTH. faithfulness. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:20. SHALL SWEAR, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW HEAVENS, &C.: i.e. new, in respect to the old. Not the "new" of 2 Peter 3:13, or Revelation 21:1. Note the contrast of this with the only two references to the history of Revelation 21 : Isaiah 65 . _ Name_, Jerusalem (Hephzi'bah, Isaiah 65:18) _ Position_, on mountain (Isaiah 65:25). _ Priv... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. Chaldee Targum renders it "in the world of worlds": i.e. the most glorious world.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MORE HEARD. Therefore not the restoration of Ezra-Nehemiah, or the Church of God now.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE. Some codices read "And there". OF DAYS: i.e. of. few days. CHILD SHALL DIE. youth may die: i.e. neither early death, nor premature decay. ACCURSED. cut off. Compare Psalms 101:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL BUILD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:41).... [ Continue Reading ]
ELECT. chosen.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL NOT LABOUR IN VAIN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:41, reversed). Compare Leviticus 26:16. App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THEY CALL, &C.. reference to Isaiah 30:19. The blessing of Messiah (Psalms 21:3) now extended to the new Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOLF, &C. As in Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 11:9, which is Millennial, not eternal. TOGETHER. as one. Hebrew. _echad_. Same word as "one" in Deuteronomy 6:4, i.e. one of others. Occurs in former part of Isaiah (Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 5:10; Isaiah 6:2; Isaiah 6:6;... [ Continue Reading ]